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Why does android studio does not recognize the "package net.simplifiedcoding.spacefighter;" code? [duplicate]

I'm a C++ developer - not a java developer, but have to get this code working...
I have 2 public classes that will be used by another product. I used the package directive in each of the java files.
package com.company.thing;
class MyClass ...
When I try to compile a test app that uses that I add
import com.company.thing.*;
The javac compiler fails with errors about com.company does not exist. (even if I compile it in the same directory as the class files I just made a package of)
I am sure I am doing something bone-headed and silly.
I've read the http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/package/usepkgs.html pages and tried to set up a directory structure like /com/company/thing etc, but either I have totally screwed it all up or am missing something else.
EDIT
thanks for the suggestions - I had tried the classpath previously. It does not help.
I tried compiling
javac -classpath <parent> client.java
and the result is:
package com.company does not exist
I have the code I want to import (the two java files) in \com\company\product. I compile those fine. (they contain MyClass) I even made a jar file for them. I copied the jar file up to the parent directory.
I then did (in the parent directory with the client java file)
javac -cp <jarfile> *.java
the result is:
cannot access MyClass
bad class file: MyClass.class(:MyClass.class)
class file contains wrong class: com.company.product.MyClass
Please remove or make sure it appears in the correct subdirectory of the classpath.
EDIT
I got the client code to compile and run if I used the fully qualified name for MyClass and compiled it in the parent directory. I am totally confused now.
compiled with no classpath set - just
javac *.java
in the parent directory - and it worked fine.
I can get a test app to compile, but that is not going to cut it when i have to integrate it into the production code. Still looking for help.
EDIT:
Finally - not sure why it didn't work before - but I cleaned up all the files all over the directory structure and now it works.
Thanks

Okay, just to clarify things that have already been posted.
You should have the directory com, containing the directory company, containing the directory example, containing the file MyClass.java.
From the folder containing com, run:
$ javac com\company\example\MyClass.java
Then:
$ java com.company.example.MyClass
Hello from MyClass!
These must both be done from the root of the source tree. Otherwise, javac and java won't be able to find any other packages (in fact, java wouldn't even be able to run MyClass).
A short example
I created the folders "testpackage" and "testpackage2". Inside testpackage, I created TestPackageClass.java containing the following code:
package testpackage;
import testpackage2.MyClass;
public class TestPackageClass {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello from testpackage.TestPackageClass!");
System.out.println("Now accessing " + MyClass.NAME);
}
}
Inside testpackage2, I created MyClass.java containing the following code:
package testpackage2;
public class MyClass {
public static String NAME = "testpackage2.MyClass";
}
From the directory containing the two new folders, I ran:
C:\examples>javac testpackage\*.java
C:\examples>javac testpackage2\*.java
Then:
C:\examples>java testpackage.TestPackageClass
Hello from testpackage.TestPackageClass!
Now accessing testpackage2.MyClass
Does that make things any clearer?

Yes, this is a classpath issue. You need to tell the compiler and runtime that the directory where your .class files live is part of the CLASSPATH. The directory that you need to add is the parent of the "com" directory at the start of your package structure.
You do this using the -classpath argument for both javac.exe and java.exe.
Should also ask how the 3rd party classes you're using are packaged. If they're in a JAR, and I'd recommend that you have them in one, you add the .jar file to the classpath:
java -classpath .;company.jar foo.bar.baz.YourClass
Google for "Java classpath". It'll find links like this.
One more thing: "import" isn't loading classes. All it does it save you typing. When you include an import statement, you don't have to use the fully-resolved class name in your code - you can type "Foo" instead of "com.company.thing.Foo". That's all it's doing.

It sounds like you are on the right track with your directory structure. When you compile the dependent code, specify the -classpath argument of javac. Use the parent directory of the com directory, where com, in turn, contains company/thing/YourClass.class
So, when you do this:
javac -classpath <parent> client.java
The <parent> should be referring to the parent of com. If you are in com, it would be ../.

You got a bunch of good answers, so I'll just throw out a suggestion. If you are going to be working on this project for more than 2 days, download eclipse or netbeans and build your project in there.
If you are not normally a java programmer, then the help it will give you will be invaluable.
It's not worth the 1/2 hour download/install if you are only spending 2 hours on it.
Both have hotkeys/menu items to "Fix imports", with this you should never have to worry about imports again.

The standard Java classloader is a stickler for directory structure. Each entry in the classpath is a directory or jar file (or zip file, really), which it then searches for the given class file. For example, if your classpath is ".;my.jar", it will search for com.example.Foo in the following locations:
./com/example/
my.jar:/com/example/
That is, it will look in the subdirectory that has the 'modified name' of the package, where '.' is replaced with the file separator.
Also, it is noteworthy that you cannot nest .jar files.

Just add classpath entry ( I mean your parent directory location) under System Variables and User Variables menu ...
Follow : Right Click My Computer>Properties>Advanced>Environment Variables

Compiling and excuting a Java class that uses Jar files

I'm new to using jar files on my applications so here is my problem.
I wrote my code on net beans and added into the library the jar file I need, which is:
poi-3.10-FINAL. The program runs perfectly from net-beans, however when i try to run it from the command line seems like it doesn't find some of the files inside the jar. Reason for this I would like to make it an executable after i get this solved.
In the command line I'm compiling my code as follows:
C:\Users\chuser10\Desktop\Excel\src\excel>javac *.java -cp C:\Users\chuser10\Des
ktop\Excel\src\excel\lib\poi-3.10-FINAL.jar
It compiles perfectly, which lead me to think everything is good to go, however this is not so. I tried then running my main as ...>java GUI and i got this:
C:\Users\chuser10\Desktop\Excel\src\excel>java GUI
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apach
e/poi/poifs/filesystem/POIFSFileSystem
I checked inside the jar and the file is there. Any clue why this might be?

You need to specify the classpath when you run the program too. Compiling doesn't link the library into your code as happens in C and many other languages; in Java linking happens at runtime.
Probably -cp .;C:\Users\chuser10\Desktop\Excel\src\excel\lib\poi-3.10-FINAL.jar will be what you need. The '.' at the beginning means the current directory, which is where the class files that constitute your program are rooted. The ';' is just a separator.

Got it working. You are both correct, we have to specify the class-path at runtime as well.
I went ahead and went for the executable jar file creation and put it on my manifest:
..>jar cfm < *.class>
On my manifest:
Class-Path: poi-3.10-FINAL.jar
Main-class: GUI
Cheers!

Troubleshoot NoClassDefFoundError in Java

I have a Java program called Main.java, it is located in the following directory:
/home/user/program/Main.java
When I try to run Main.java from the 'program' directory, everything goes ok, I use this line:
/home/user/program$ java Main
But when I try to run Main.java from the home directory :
/home$ java /home/user/program/Main
I get :
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: /home/user/program/Main
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: .home.user.program.Main
What is the cause of this error?

This is due to your classpath, which will default to the current directory. When you run java Main from /home/user/program it finds the class in the current directory (since the package seems to be unset, meaning it is the default). Hence, it finds the class in /home/user/program/Main.class.
Running java /home/user/program/Main from /home tries to find the class in the classpath (the current directory) which will look in /home/home/user/program expecting to find the file Main.class containing a definition of the Main class with package .home.user.program.
Extra detail: I think the java
launcher is trying to be nice by
converting /-notation for a classname
to the .-notation; and when you run
java /home/user/program/Main it is
actually running java
.home.user.program.Main for you. This
is because you shouldn't be specifying
a file, but a fully specified
classname (ie including package
specifier). And when a class has a package
java expects to find that class within a
directory structure that matches the package
name, inside a directory (or jar) in the
classpath; hence, it will try to look in
/home/home/user/program for the class file
You can fix it by specifying your classpath with -cp or -classpath:
java -cp /home/user/program Main

Because its looking for the class using the fullname you give (/home/user/program/Main). You should only look for the Main class but using the good classpath :
java Main -cp /home/user/program
Which means it'll search the Main class in the given set of paths

Your 2nd command version does not know where to find the classes.
You need to provide the so called classpath
/home$ java -cp userprogram Main

Because of what you say I conclude this:
Main is in "top" (root) package
And when you execute java you must indicate the classpath, it is, the root directory where your pakage and classes structure is located.
In your case it is the very /home/user/program. And I guess your classpath is defined as "." (the dir you are located at). When you call java from home the classpath is being taken erroneosly.
If you want to call your main using a different package declare the package at the top of the class:
package user.program;
And set the classpath to /home (or execute java from that dir).
Next call java this way:
java user.program.Main
using dots because its a full class name (indicating packages). That is translated to dirs concatenating classpath + package + class. By example:
/home
user.program -> user/program/
Main -> Main.class
Good luck!

The problem is that if you call java /home/user/program/Main the package Main is in is meant to be home.user.program, which I assume is not true for Main (I assume it's in the default package, i.e. none at all). Is there a package declaration at the top of Main?
I'd suggest to use the classpath suggestions in the other answers.

This works for me:
java -cp /home/user/program Main

just a while ago faced this kind of error of (NoClassDefFoundError). I imported some third party library in my android app using eclipse env. I got this error during a runtime - some class from this third party library couldn't be found and a result of this NoClassDefFoundError was thrown, despite the mentioned library correctly appeared in classpath, so I really didn't know what else can be done to solve this problem.
While playing with "Order and Export" tab within "Java Build Path", I put my imported third party library to the top of the list of all libraries in my project and checked its checkbox - this solved the problem

I came across this same error when trying to compile and run it. The book, "Head First Java" explains and addresses this problem appropriately. Here is a screenshot from the book for your reference.
Hope its helpful.

Can you run a .class file from terminal that is outputted by an IDE

I am trying to run a file from command line. The file is a .class file and is apart of a larger project that I compiled in Netbeans. I navigated to the .class file and ran
java MyFile
And I got:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: PersonTest/class
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: PersonTest.class
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266)
Could not find the main class: PersonTest.class. Program will exit
Whats up with that? (I should mention that i'm running ubuntu)

You need to check this useful link java - the Java application launcher:
By default, the first non-option
argument is the name of the class to
be invoked. A fully-qualified class
name should be used
So, you have to write the full qualified name of the class (this includes the package name).
So, the right way to execute your command is this (from the root dir where your class files are stored):
> java my.package.MyFile
Also, make sure to include all the needed dependencies at the classpath (-cp) argument (check the referenced link).
UPDATE: to include a classpath setting example:
java -classpath C:\MyProject\classes;C:\MyProject\lib\utility.jar my.package.MyFile
With this, the java runtime will search for the classes at the C:\MyProject\classes directory, and at the C:\MyProject\lib\utility.jar JAR file. You'll need not only your class direct dependencies, but the dependencies needed by the referenced files (the whole tree).

The answer appears to be in this line:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: PersonTest/class
It means you didn't type:
java MyFile
as you said in your original post, you typed
java PersonTest.class
you should have typed
java PersonTest

Yes you can, they are compiled by a java compiler. If you have the right version of the jvm (often other versions work aswell) than it can be run. The information about your error is not enough to tell what went wrong.
Your probably in the wrong folder, mistyped the classname, used a class in your code that couldn't be found, etc.

Unless your class is entirely standalone (i.e. only references java.lang classes like String), you'll need to add other classes/JARs to the classpath when you invoke Java.
The NoClassDefFoundError (which usually states the name of the class by the way, and always includes a stacktrace) indicates that an external class that was available when your class was compiled, is not available on the classpath at runtime.
EDIT based on update:
You're invoking your process incorrectly. You don't need to append the .class suffix of the file - doing so makes Java look for a file class class in a subpackage.
(P.S. you said you ran java MyFile. That's a lie, you actually ran java PersonTest.class. If you'd noted that to start with, it would have made it much easier for people to answer the question!)

Just consider this example
say I already have a folder src and I wrote in my notepad
package test.oye;
class testclass {
static public void main (String [] args)
{
int a=3;
System.out.println(a);
}
}
then what go to src folder and you ,yourself create a folder named test and inside it oye . Then put your .java file in it . Then cd src/test/oye only(in Command prompt or terminal).From there itself
javac testclass.java
cd src
java test.oye.testclass
This will work for sure.
If you don’t want to put .java file there … then just compile your .java file and get the .class file .
Now create the test folder and then oye inside it ….and put .class file inside it ….
Now go back to src …and then type
java test.oye.testclass;

according to terminal ide, android requires classes in DEX format when running them.
Try:
dx --dex --output=practice.jar practice.class
Then run using this:
java -jar practice.jar practice

CLASSPATH 101... (on Windows)

I'm new to working with Java from the command line and I don't get it. I read previous CLASSPATH questions but still didn't get my problem to work.
I have the following class in C:\Temp\a\b\c
package a.b.c;
public class Hello
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
System.out.println("Hello World!");
}
}
The package name is intentional.
I compiled it fine and I put the Hello.class file inside C:\Temp\a\target
Now in the command line I go to C:\Temp\ and execute the following:
java -cp .\a\target a.b.c.Hello
It complains that it cannot find the class a.b.c.Hello
Thanks in advance!!

and I put the Hello.class file inside C:\Temp\a\target
This is wrong. It should be placed in the same folder as the .java file. The source code itself is declared to be in the package a.b.c; so, the .class file should really be kept in \a\b\c folder.
Then, to execute it just do:
C:\Temp>java -cp . a.b.c.Hello

Avoid "putting" the classfiles anywhere. The following should work:
javac -d c:\temp c:\temp\a\b\c\Hello.java
# creates Hello.class in c:\temp\a\b\c
java -cp c:\temp a.b.c.Hello

To expand on BalusC's point: the classpath defines a "root". When java is looking for your classes, it will start at each root (or jar) in your class path and drill down through the directories to match the package strucutre. You still need to have you class in a directory structure that matches its package name. In your case, to execute
java -cp .\a\target a.b.c.Hello
you would move the file to
.\a\target\a\b\c\Hello.class
Years ago, I too found this baffling.

Java will try to search for a directory structure a\b\c from starting in target and as you notice, it wont work.
Move the whole directory into target and you'll be fine, it should look like:
C:\Temp\a\target\a\b\c\Hello.class
You may compile it with the -d option which tall the compiler where to put the class file.
Many project structures are like this.
C:\whatever\projectname\src
C:\whatever\projectname\classes
C:\whatever\projectname\bin
C:\whatever\projectname\lib
C:\whatever\projectname\doc
That way you can always step on your project directory and type:
javac -d classes src\*.java
Which will compile all the sources in the src directory and will place them in the classes directory.
Then execute your program:
java -cp classes a.b.c.Hello
You may optionally place required jars in lib
This works pretty fine for small programs ( < 10 src files and 2 - 3 jar libraries ) If it grows beyond that, you could probably use an IDE or ant
The good thing about following this project structure is that some IDES ( as IntellJ idea ) just pick them very easily when you create a new project. You select "Create project from existing sources" and then you can continue from there.
I like compiling and editing at the command line a lot!!